As The City Goes, So Goes The World: Symposium At ESA Meeting To Examine The Ecology Of Cities
...ugh ESA reports, journals,membership research, and expert testimony to Congress, ESA seeks to promote theresponsible application of ecological data and principles to the solution of environmental problems. ESA publishes four scientific, peer-reviewed journals:Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ecological Mo...Biologist Wins Simon Fraser University Controversy Prize For 'Silent Spring' Of The '90s
...he issues are being aired." Winston is an expert in insect behavioral ecology, and honey bees inparticular. Since joining SFU in 1980, he's won numerous awards, including (withSFU chemical ecologist Keith Slessor) the Manning Award of Distinction (1997)and a gold medal from the Science Council of B...A 300-Million-Year Old Twosome: The Cycad And Its Pollinator
...eNew York Botanical Garden and the world's leading expert on cycads, is studyingtheir pollination biology. His work confirmed that cycads are pollinated byspecific species of weevils ( http://www.nybg.org/events/prel_weevil.html )andbeetles and unravelled the symbiosis -- mutually beneficial relationship o...DNA Vaccine 100 Percent Effective Against Rabies In Monkeys
..."comments lead author Donald L. Lodmell, Ph.D., an expert in NIAID's Laboratoryof Persistent Viral Diseases located in Hamilton, Mont. In addition to perfectprotection afforded by the vaccine, anti-rabies antibodies elicited by thevaccine neutralized a global range of rabies viruses. These results suggest...ESA Corporate Award Goes To Precious Woods Ltd.
...ugh ESA reports, journals, membershipresearch, and expert testimony to Congress, ESA seeks to promote the responsibleapplication of ecological data and principles to the solution of environmentalproblems. ESA publishes four scientific, peer-reviewed journals: Ecology,Ecological Applications, Ecological Mo...Commercial Fish: Eat Up, Despite Low Levels Of Mercury
...tates." Adds first author Philip Davidson, an expert ondevelopmental disabilities who designed a battery of the mostsophisticated tests available to examine the children: "What wefound in the Seychelles is applicable to every woman, every man,and every child around the world who eats ocean fish." ......or, College of Allied HealthProfessions, who is an expert in the reproductive laboratory field, first taughtthe reproductive laboratory science class to clinical lab science students lastspring. "Most laboratory technologists working in assisted reproductivetechnology (ART) laboratories or fertility......utrition and neuroscience," says neurodegeneration expert Joseph Coyle,MD, of Harvard Medical School. "Very little is published on this area." In the study, the researchers found that eating the daily equivalent ofa pint of strawberries or a large spinach salad reduces specific effects ofbrain agin......roin and cocaine," says Roy Wise,PhD, an addiction expert at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. "The findingis important because it shows that there are some important similarities betweenthe mechanisms of addictions for different drugs." The idea that the brain chemical dopamine and its recepto...Possible Human Ancestors In Spain 780,000 Years Ago
...ing: they were living there780,000 years ago. An expert on paleomagnetic dating, Pares, who is now a University of Michiganresearch scientist, first reported the age of the Atapuerca hominid fossils inan article published in Science on Aug. 11, 1995, with colleague AlfredoPerez-Gonzalez. Since no hominid...Bernard Roizman, Sc.D., the world's leading expert on herpes simplex virus(HSV), and Joseph Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor in the departmentsof molecular genetics & cell biology and biochemistry and molecular biology atthe University of Chicago , has been namedthe winner of the eighth an...Scientists Finger A Molecular Kingpin In Body's Response To Cigarettes
... headed by Gasiewicz, aninternationally recognized expert on dioxin who occasionallysports a cap embossed wi...ge of Pharmacy at the University of Kentuckyand an expert on cigarette smoke toxicology. "The team has used aclear endpoint, micronucleus formation, to clever...Christmas Travellers Are Warned Of Malaria Risks
...istmas break are warned in this week's BMJ to seek expert advice now on which malaria drugs are most effective for the region they are visiting, and to ensure that they comply with this advice. In their paper, Dr Andrew Reid and colleagues from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London report that ther...Fall Meeting: Updated Press Conference Schedule
...GS Deputy Director Thomas Casadevall, a well-known expert in the field of volcanic ash and aviation safety, will discuss efforts by scientists worldwide to mitigate this and other volcanic hazards, through creation of the International Airways Volcano Watch. Presenter: Thomas J. Casadevall, Deputy director...Leibniz Prize Winners 1999 - Most Highly Endowed German Promotional Prize For Ten Scientists
... theology and current theological issues. Being an expert insystematic theology and a historian of theology, Friedrich Wilhelm Graf is oneof the most productive representatives of his discipline in his generation. As his work combines theological subjects with perspectives of social andpolitical history, it...Researchers Probe New Depths In Plant Communications
...t sciences at the University ofArizona and also an expert in the field. "What they'veidentified is probably a component in a radically new systemfor communication between cells and between organs of theplant." The current picture of the plant's transportation, or phloem,system looks something like a bustlin...Center Set Up To Evaluate Evidence Of Chemical Threats To Human Reproduction
...try, workersand/or government agencies. The expert panels will prepare consensus reports on the strength of scientific evidence that an exposure poses a hazard to reproduction and the health of children. Panel reports, the Federal Register announcement said, will bewritten "in terms that can be unde...Professor Will Connect With Students Live From China Dinosaur Site
...e University of Nevada-Las Vegas. She is an expert on the geology of southwest China. Prior to the expedition, Hengst and Buck came to LaPorte to meet with the students in their classrooms, and they will return for a follow-up after the expedition. This not the first time Hengs......C Berkeley Professor Norman Pace, a world-renowned expert on microbialevolution and diversity, describes recent revelations about microbial evolutionand diversity, as part of this special two-day seminar. Pace pioneered the useof a powerful molecular genetic technique that allows scientists to assess, fort...